Indian juniors to take on Australia

Australia, England, Korea and Malaysia are the other teams participating in the tournament, which will be held from August 26 to September 2.

The tournament will be the last major competition before the Junior World Cup in Hobart in October later this year.

Indian juniors had finished second behind Germany at last week's six-nation tournament in Poznan, Poland.

Midfielders Jugraj Singh, Prabhdeep Singh and forward Lakhwinder Singh will join the Indian team which played in Poland.

Jugraj's return will strengthen the team's penalty-corner strike rate. Coach Rajinder Singh has expressed the need for improvement in this department after returning from Poznan.

Australia will be led by Olympian, Craig Victory, while Jon Peckett will lead the English side. England finished third at the Poznan.

Hosts Malaysia will be the third team, which also played in Poznan tournament.

The team:
Goalkeepers: Suraj Kanta, Shanmuga Sundaram
Fullbacks: K.P. Roy, Jugraj Singh, Kanwalpreet Singh, Vikramjeet Singh
Mid-fielders: Vikram Pillay, Virendra Rasquinha, Sandeep Kumar, Rajnikant, Prabhodh tirkey, Prabhdeep Singh, Rajpal Singh, Raju
Forwards: Lakhwinder Singh, Inderjeet Singh, Tejbeer Singh, Amarpreet Pratap.

Schedule for India:
India vs Australia - August 26, 2001
India vs England - August 28, 2001
India vs Korea - August 30, 2001
India vs Malaysia - August 31, 2001
Final and Classification matches - September 2, 2001